Salman's death: Court to hear on final report

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Court Correspondent :
A Dhaka court on Wednesday wrote ‘Seen’ on the final report, which PBI filed the same day in connection with the death of eminent film star Salman Shah.
Besides, on Wednesday, Magistrate Shahinur Rahman of the CMM Court of Dhaka fixed March 30 for hearing on whether the court will take cognizance of the report or not.
PBI Inspector Sirajul Islam submitted the 600-page report to the dispatch wing of Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Court on February 25. Earlier, on February 23, PBI chief Banaz Kumar Majumder finally drew a conclusion on the death which remained pending for last 24 years, saying Salman indeed committed suicide over family feud.
The PBI interrogated a total of 44 people and recorded testimonies of 10 people under Section 164 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), the police official said.
Salman died on September 6, 1996 at the age of 25. Following the death, his father Kamaruddin Ahmed Chowdhury filed an unnatural death (UD) case. He had later pleaded to treat the UD case as a murder case.
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